We had a car wreck!

Our broken car that we towed back to our house to sit there!

We are a bit shaken up and I am a bit bruised up but we are rejoicing that we are all okay. A deer ran out in front of the car that was in front of us and that car hit its breaks and then we hit ours but nothing, it was too late we hit and got jerked around. The car in probably a total loss and we will not be recover any money. Please pray that God will work it out like He always does. I can not explain how grateful we are that we are all okay. Thank you so much for your prayers, I am sure they are what has kept us safe. We have a lot to do this week to get ready to go to the US and we now have not car so not sure what we are going to do? I will try to keep you all informed!

Katja

This is Katja. I tutor her in English every Tuesday at 1pm. She is 15 and a very sweet girl. She is Catholic and I am praying for her salvation. I have given her reading assignments and they are Christian stories and books. I have given her a daily bread to read everyday as practice and I have given her a tract in her language and a picture one. I will continue to tutor her throughout the school year. Please pray for her and for me as I find new ways of communicating the gospel to her.

God at work

This past Sunday (yesterday), we hosted the church in Maribor at our home. I was supper excited and nervous to see who would show up. We did alot of preparing and praying. The end result was a tremendous turn out and the Holy Spirit working in some lives. We had 35 adults in attendance and about 10 or more kids. All together between 45 and 50 people in our house. This was the biggest group that the church has ever had. One Slovene lady (a friend of mine named Yolanda) said that God is using us in this country already. We had two of our unsaved friends attend. Jon even got to talk with one in depth about his testimony after the services. Please pray for Edwin. He is a native Columbian who has been in Slovenia for a few years. He was raised Catholic but is not happy with them. He is receptive to the Gospel, please keep his name lifted up before the Lord. Our landlady also came, her name is Vojka. She was a little shy around everyone and seemed uneasy. The Lord is working in her heart. I am also tutoring a 15 year old girl named Katja in English. She failed her english class in school this past year and they give them three more chances to take a test during the summer. She took one and failed it horribly. My friend Yolanda referred her to me and I had 4 lessons with her before her next exam. I really did not think that she would pass but she worked really hard and she passed. Her family was soooo excited and grateful. They bought me a basket of potatoes from their garden. I am continuing to teach her throughout the summer. One of the assignments that I gave her is to read the daily bread in english everyday and underline words she did not understand. Also to write down what it meant to her so that we could talk about it. Please pray that the Scriptures will not return void. She is a sweet young lady. If you have hung on and read this whole blog you deserve a medal!!! Thanks for reading and staying in touch. We love you all and are so glad to see God working in the lives of people that we have met.

Tuesday

Okay so I am a little behind on my posting, so shoot me LOL. I had a wonderful day Tuesday. I for the first time got to go to a missionaries ladies prayer meeting. There were seven of us and we had a wonderful time talking and praying together. It really uplifted my spirits. I have met some wonderful ladies that I am sure will become great friends. We are quit an international group. There is a German single missionary, who was hosting us by the way name Judith but pronounced Udith, a Russian lady whose husband is American, an Australian lady, who just got back a few weeks ago from a six month furlough, a German summer intern who is originally from Russia but moved to Germany when she was seven, and finally me and Joan are American and Baptist. It was so wonderful to talk with these ladies because they have the same experiences that I do although they have all been here at least for two or three year all the way up to 9 years I think. I wanted to share my wonderful experience with you so these ladies were gracious enough to let me take their picture although they wanted to hide from the camera, I wonder why we women do that? Have a great Sunday everyone.

Attacks

We have been bombarded by satan today. His attacks have not gone unnoticed. Well, to start off, my thyroid is off or something else is wrong. My hair is falling out, my fingers are tingling, I have insomnia, and I am extremely tired. Those are all signs of having a malfunctioning thyroid and I am already on medication so it must be off. I have to find a doctor to go see and hopefully not have to wait 5 months because all medical treatment is socialized so they kinda want to see the people who are dying first. So Jon is worried about me and I am a little bit but not too much.

Today we are on our way to Graz, Austria to visit friends and try to get our car fixed (battery kept dying, we had to push start it like 6 times in the last couple of days). We are heading out of town and Jon rear ends a guy. To Jon's defense it was clear and they guy looked like he was going to go. I know that an Angel was in between our cars because there was not a even a scratch on either vehicle. The guy said no harm done and didnt even call the police which is almost unheard of around here. God's protection and your prayers in action. Well, we have been going back and forth to Graz for the past 4 and a half months and never has there been anyone at the border. Today, of course you guessed it, there were Austrian police checking papers. We had our passports and then they had them but we did not have the car registration and it is in another missionaries name, long story, we can not get it in our name until we have visas! Oh, yes I know you are saying visas!!!! At this time I am sooooo nervous that they are going to hall us off to some imigrations office and deport us. We have been here for longer than the three months you are supose to be for tourism. They asked so many questions and finally they let us go. Yep, you got it God's protection and your prayers in action yet again. So you see, satan has tried to get us thrown out of the country twice in one day. It just makes me even more determend to stay and fight. Please realize how important you all are in this picture, PRAYER. Without you praying for us we may not be able to fight. Please continue to hold us up in prayer. The attacks today were merciless, I am so glad that I serve a God of mercy who has chosen to protect us in all of this. So much could have happened that did not. Thank you so much and Thank you my wonderful Saviour who watches over me and my family.